The Vestibular System

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Highstein, Stephen M. (Editor), Fay, Richard R. (Editor), Popper, Arthur N. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2004.
• Series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, 19
• Subjects: Medicine.; Neurosciences.; Life sciences.; Biomedicine.; Life Sciences, general.; Biomedicine general.
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The Springer Handbook of Auditory Research presents a series of comp- hensive and synthetic reviews of the fundamental topics in modern au- tory research.The volumes are aimed at all individuals with interests in hearing research, including advanced graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and c...

Table of Contents:

• Anatomy and Physiology of the Central and Peripheral Vestibular System: Overview
• Molecular Genetics of Vestibular Organ Development
• Morphophysiology of the Vestibular Periphery
• Biomechanics of the Semicircular Canals and Otolith Organs
• Sensory Processing and Ionic Currents in Vestibular Hair Cells
• The Physiology of the Vestibuloocular Reflex (VOR)
• Vestibuloautonomic Interactions: A Teleologic Perspective
• Vestibulocollic Reflexes
• Gain and Phase Control of Compensatory Eye Movements by the Flocculus of the Vestibulocerebellum
• Localizing Sites for Plasticity in the Vestibular System
• Clinical Applications of Basic Vestibular Research.